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Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious (mashable.com)
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Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious::undefined

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, this is called regulatory capture.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Senator Whitehouse actually wrote a book awhile back, Captured, that covers the topic very well. However, that book is also depressing because he illustrates just how fucking rampant it is in the US now.